Advanced Endoscopy Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health
Prospect Avenue 20
Hackensack , Alabama 07601
551-996-1817 (V)
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2 Positions Available

Program Type: Both ERCP & EUS

Authorized Administrative Official: Michel Kahaleh (email)

Program Director: Michel Kahaleh (email)

Duration: 1 Year

Inclusive Dates of the Program: 7/1/2027 to 6/30/2028

Accepts applicants from outside of North America? No

Accepts applicants with J1 visas? No

Accepts applicants with H1B visas? Yes

Accepts applicants with E3 visas? Yes

Type of Interview Offered: Both In-Person & Virtual

Supervised Procedures Procedure	Faculty Involved in AEF Training	Total Annual Volume	Average Annual Volume with Hands-on AEF Involvement per Fellow
ERCP	5	1500	500
Diagnostic EUS	5	2000	800
Interventional EUS	5	1600	400
Deep enteroscopy	5	200	50
Luminal stenting	5	1800	800
ESD	2	200	50
Bariatric endoscopy	4	300	50
POEM	2	300	80
Endoscopic management of GERD and Barrett’s	5	800	400

Unsupervised Trainee Activities Procedure	Value
General GI procedures (per year)	200
Inpatient general GI service (weeks/year)	0
Inpatient advanced endoscopy service (weeks/year)	25
Ambulatory clinics (per year)	0
Committed time for research (days/month)	50

Requirements for Application

1. Standard ASGE Application Packet
   • ASGE Application
   • Post-Undergraduate Education
   • USMLE Scores
   • Certification of Completion of Residency
     1. Prior to appointment in the advanced endoscopy fellowship, fellows should have completed a three-year ACGME-accredited gastroenterology fellowship
     2. Fellows from non-ACGME-accredited programs must have completed at least three years of gastroenterology education prior to starting the fellowship
   • Personal Statement
   • Curriculum Vitae
   • 3 Letters of Reference
2. Additional Requirements from the Program
   Licence in New Jersey

Additional Information about Program

The instructor is expected to train in advanced Endoscopy based on a three steps process, while
being exposed from the very first day to all interventional procedures.

1-Jul-Oct 2027: Basic Skills in Advanced Endoscopy
This first period is characterized by learning the most elementary components of interventional
endoscopy such as:
-Cannulation during ERCP, biliary and pancreatic sphincterotomy, stone extraction and stenting.
-Diagnostic endoscopic ultrasonography will be also taught with introduction of fine needle
aspiration (EUS- FNA)
-Enteral feeding and enteral stenting (duodenal, esophageal and colonic stenting)

2-November-March 2027-28: Intermediate Skills in Advanced Endoscopy
The second period with be focusing on more complex procedures such as
-Spy choledochoscopy with biliary biopsy and sampling
-complex hilar stenting with multiple metal stents


3-April-June 2028: Cutting-edge skills in Advanced Endoscopy
The final period will allow the fellow to learn the most complex procedure such
-Ablation therapy, photodynamic and radiofrequency under Spy visualization
-Laser lithotripsy and Electrohydrolic
-Pancreatic fluid collection drainage and necrosectomy
-Single balloon enteroscopy with ERCP
- EUS Guided ERCPs
- Endoscopic suturing, clipping and closure technique
- Per oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM)
- Endoscopic weight loss techniques

Please Note: All data in this program description is entered on a voluntary basis